Bondoukou to Sorobango and beyond

The current finally, possibly, kicked in and so did my AC. It was pleasantly chilled at night and in the morning I didn’t wanna get up. But I had to. The bike to Sorobango. Then catching the bus to Abidjan. I lied down beyond 7am. Around 8am I started calling hotels in Abidjan in order […]

Nzérékoré to Gueckedou: here comes the green gang

Oh, I didn’t want to get up at 6am. I didn’t wanna get up at 6:30am. It was dark and gloomy, heavy clouds in the sky. I got back to bed and thought I could just stay another day in Nzérékoré. I lied down. I didn’t fall asleep. I got up. The rain started falling. […]

Chinguetti to Nouakchott: where sand eats your soul

Noaukchott is full of sand. Chinguetti in the desert was obviously full of sand. The train to Choum was full of sand. The road from Atar to Nouakchott was full of sand, at times I was wondering what the driver can see in front of us, there was only a milky creamy nothingness ahead. A […]

Laayoune to Dakhla: South South

My Rough Guide to Morocco mentions 4 places to see in Western Sahara: Tarfaya, Laayoune, Smara and Dakhla. There isn’t much to see in either of towns yet the splendid desolation is tempting. I was thinking to go to each town but the transport options are poor: Laayoune to Tarfaya looks like there are only […]

Sahara begins

I noticed it around 6am, where we stopped for morning tea. Silver ocean under full moon. Sand. A truck on the side of the road. The plants were gone. We were moving among nothingness, sand, gravel, all gray and silent. Then at 8am a police checkpoint. Sir, what’s your nationality? What’s your profession? Where are […]

It’s raining in heaven

Writing to you at 5am, as we were told to change the bus in Tan Tan. Tan Tan I always thought is capital of Western Sahara but we’re still way off the “border”. It’s been a rainy day. Rainy and cold, felt like Poland. +10 degrees, gray, cloudy, miserable. Lots of mint tea consumed. I […]

Bienvenue à Marrakech

Morocco is long, if you include Western Sahara. There will be a lot of buslife on this trip, especially going South along the coast. I had the first such trip and during the day. A CTM bus from Tangier to Morocco. There are only 2 CTM busses a day and they cost 230Dh each and […]

Day 2: Ceuta-Tangier

I too was hoping for good Med climate to take over soon on this trip. I know, it’s only February and it’s the coast but still. And still, the morning was dark and gloomy and raining. After a perfect jamon & queso sandwich I took bus no. 7 to the border. The border was dark […]

Day 1: Kraków-Ceuta

I don’t get bored on my trips. There is always so much to see and to do and to read, even on long bus journeys, that I often run out of time. Also, being alone, I move around quite fast, not spending much time “hanging around”. So it is on my 3rd day that I […]